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So after a little worrying that nothing would come through....they did. The catalyst being an e-mail via the British Burns Association. Once that was sent out I received a few offers of places to visit; Galveston (Texas) and New York. Phew!

Additionally, I had a message from the Chairman of the Katie Piper Foundation asking whether I would like to contribute to the charity's own journal named the 'Journal of Burns, Scars and Healing', which is an exciting prospect. ...

... and kidney pie and Tudor chicken were equally enjoyed with a bottle of Crabbies (alcoholic ginger beer) the perfect accompaniment (not says Ros). Greg, not wanting to go the highway home, chose instead the narrow country roads that took us right through the very villages we had travelled to in the previous days, though this time passing at a cracking 30mph pace. As we neared signs to Dirft we realized we could see all around us the wind turbines that we had ...

It was exciting northern Scotland going to Aberdeen, inverneness, Stirling,Dundee and the locks. TheLocks is where Nessie lives. We started off in Dundee and had loads of fun going go karting and then in Aberdeen we saw Jurassic park and for me it was the the best movie ever. In Inverness we just stayed their and searched for Nessie the next day and in Stirling just rested. We got to Nottingham 2 days ago and ready to go to ...

... a very small village, there wasn't a lot of space for the horses. Kids running around, ladies with prams standing behind horses, Shetland ponies with kids on freaking out some hunters, I don't need to explain that it was absolute carnage! However, the atmosphere was electric and the stirrup cup was flowing. It was so great to see so many hunt supporters at a time where the Antis are working their hardest to keep hunting illegal. The horse I rode for the day ...

... months, could be for the next couple of years. After all the talk we are finally Living the Dream!

Oh yeah after a couple of weeks of moving toothepaste and shaving cream, deodarant and shower gel in our small but fully formed shower room, when I got back from my bike ride last night Jayne took great pleasure I'm showing me the hidden cupboard she had discovered which was big enough to hide a body in!!! Dooooh! ...